Waterloo

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Built up around the railway station, this area has retained a strong
sense of community. One of the prime forces battling for the community is the
Waterloo Action Centre in Baylis Road, catering for many special needs and interests. The Waterloo Gallery also occupies the building.

The church of St John is also
a key player in the area, both as a centre of worship and a venue for concerts, recitals and exhibitions. Southbank Mosaics is based here.
Nearby is the new 1901 Arts Club, a private members' club for performing artists.

Since 2002 the various regeneration initiatives
in Waterloo have been housed under the one roof at 103 Waterloo Road. The
refurbished building is now home to the South Bank
Employers' Group, Waterloo Project Board; Waterloo Community Regeneration
Trust, Waterloo Quarter Business Alliance and other local projects.

For shopping, Lower Marsh market continues, supplemented with an Iceland store,
a branch of Boots and other handy shops, such as the Ian Allan transport and military bookshop, Phillips
picture framers and Silver Witch.

At the junction of Baylis Road and Waterloo Road the Waterloo
Millennium Green has been developed as a new open space. An innovative
environmentally-friendly youth resource
centre and internet cafe called The Living Space is the final piece of the jigsaw on the previously neglected site
on the west side of Waterloo Road.

Tucked away in Theed Street is The Warehouse, home since 1994 to the London
Festival Orchestra founded by Ross Pople in 1980. In 1997 a National Lottery grant enabled the LFO to develop the site, mainly used for recording and editing but now opened up for performances as well.

Bookshops include the Calder Bookshop in The Cut for arts and theatre, transport books from Ian
Allan in Lower Marsh and now Crockatt and Powell for a selection of general titles.

Food fans will have a field day with the amazing cakes from Konditor
& Cook in Cornwall Road.

Between 1994 and 2007 the area has benefited from the arrival of Eurostar services,
whilst the new IMAX cinema has
transformed the run-down Bullring.